Animal-throwing device.



G. B. HALSTEAD. ANIMAL THROWING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED APBJS, 1911.

Patented June 4, 1912.

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COLUMBIA PLANOURAPH cc., WASHINGTON, D. C.

UNTTE CHARLES B. HALSTEAID, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

ANIMAL-THROWING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June a, 1912. Serial No. 620,910.

Application filed April 13, 1911.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES B. HALs'rEAD, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State ofMissouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAnimal-Throwing Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in animal throwing devices. It isparticularly adapted to be used in throwing horses.

One object of my invention is to provide a device by which an animal maybe quickly and easily thrown.

Another object of my invention is to provide a device which may beeasily adjusted for use upon animals of different sizes.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device which may beeasily released and removed from a thrown animal.

The novel features of my invention are hereinafter fully described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate one form of my invention,Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device mounted on a horse which isrepresented in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmental sideelevation, showing one of the clamping devices, one of the supportingmembers, a part of the throwing rope, and a part of the breast embracingdevice. Fig. 3 is a cross section on the line ab of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is across section 011 the line c-d ofFig 2.

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1 designates a horse on the back of which is mounted a saddle 2,preferably of flexible material, such as leather, and having on itsupper side loops 3 through which extends a throwing rope 4 upon whichthe saddle is adjustable lengthwise of the rope. Mounted on the rope 4at opposite ends of the saddle 2 are two members which are preferablyadjustable lengthwise of the rope. Said two members comprise preferablytwo plates 5 which in the operative position are vertically disposed,and which are each provided with two transverse holes 6 disposed oneabove the other and through which the rope 4 extends. When the rope Aisin a slack condition the plates 5 may be adjusted to different positionsalong the rope, but when the rope is taut the plates 5 will be heldtightly in position.

A breast embracing device is secured to the plates 5. Preferably thisdevice is provided with means for detachment from one or both plates 5for releasing the apparatus from the animal after the animal has beenthrown. The breast embracing device in its preferred form comprises arope 7, which has secured to it adjacent its ends two or more rings 8whichare adapted to releasably engage two hook members 9 pivotallyconnected respectively to the forward ends of the plates 5 by links 10.The hook members 9 may each be of the ordinary kind provided with aslidable bolt 11 adapted to be held in a position bridging the openingin the hook by a coil spring 12. The bolt 11 is provided with a button13 by which the bolt may be retracted to the open position against thepressure of the spring to release the adj acent link 10. lVhen the bolthas been retracted and the hook member 9 turned to the proper position,the ring 8 engaged by the hook member will be released.

Two clamping devices are respectively sup ported by the members orplates 5. These clamping devices are adapted to clamp the rope 4 to holdit from being drawn in one direction, but which permit it to be drawn inthe other direction. Each of said clamping devices comprises preferablythe following described mechanism. A lever 14 has secured to its rearend a stud 15 which may be rotatively mounted in the lever 14, and whichis provided at its upper end with an eye 16, which has mounted in it alink 17,

, which is pivoted to the plate 5, as shown in Fig. 2. A U shapedstirrup 18 has mounted between its arms the adjacent lever 14: to whichthe stirrup is pivoted by means of a horizontal pin 19 which extendsthrough the lever between the ends of the lever. The rope 4 has its endsextending respectively forwardly through the stirrups 18 with which therope has a running connection and between which and the plates 5 therope forms two loops 20, which, as shown in Fig. 1, are adapted toengage the hind legs 21 of the horse, which is designated by l. Theforward free ends of the levers 14 are adapted to cooperate with thestirrups 18 to clamp the rope 4 to prevent the rope being drawnrearwardly through the stirrups. By reason of the stirrups being pivotedto the levers 14 intermediate of the ends of the levers, the rope A maybe drawn forwardly through the stirrups for the purpose of shorteningthe loops 20, when it is desired to throw the animal.

In operating my invention, the device is mounted in the manner alreadydescribed, with the loops QO engaging the hind legs of the animal atpoints near the animals feet. If now either end of the rope I be drawnforwardly the adjacent loop will be short ened, thereby drawing up theleg engaged by that loop and permitting the animal to be easily thrown.After the animal has been thrown, either of the hook members 9 may beswung to a position in whichthe adjacent ring 8 will be released fromthe hook member, when the bolt 11 of the hook member has been retractedas already described. The apparatus may then be readily removed from theanimal.

By providing a plurality of rings 8 at different distances from the endsof the rgpe 7, the device may be adapted to animals of different sizes.

By providing a single rope 4. which is longitudinally adjustable on thesaddle 2 and has a running connection with the plates 5, the rope t maybe shifted in the saddle 2 and plates 5 so as to present fresh wearingsurfaces at points where the most wear occurs, and this may be donewithout chang ing the breast strap 7 and saddle 2 from their properoperative positions.

I do not limit my invention to the structure shown and described, asmany modifications, within the scope of the appended claims arecontemplated by me and may be made without departing from the spirit ofmy invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

1. In an animal throwing device, a throwing rope adapted to extendacross and be supported by an animals back, two members supported by andthrough which the rope is adjustable lengthwise, a breast embracingdevice secured to said members, and two clamping devices respectivelysupported by said members, the rope having a running connection withsaid devices and forming between the said devices and said members twoloops for respectively engaging the hind legs of the animal, theclamping devices having means by which the rope may be drawntherethrough in one direction for shortening the loops, but which willclampingly engage the rope to prevent its being drawn in the oppositedirection.

2. In an animal throwing device, a throwing rope adapted to extendacross and be supported by an animals back, two plates which in theoperative position are vertically disposed and which are each providedwith two transverse holes through which the rope extends, a breastembracing device secured to said plates, and two clamping devicesrespectively supported by said plates, the rope having a runningconnection with said clamping devices and forming between said devicesand said plates two loops forrespectively engaging the hind legs of theanimal, the clamping devices having each means by which the rope may bedrawn in one direction for shortening the adacent loop, but which willclampingly engage'therope to prevent its being drawn in the oppositedirection.

3. In an animal throwing device, a throwing rope adapted to extendacross and be supported by an animals back, two plates which in theoperative position are vertically disposed and which are each providedwith two transverse holes through which the rope extends, a breastembracing device secured to said plates, two levers pivotally supportedat one set of ends by said plates respectively, and two stirrups withwhich the rope has a running connection and which are pivotallysupported by said levers respectively at points between the ends of thelevers, the free ends of the levers being adapted to coiiperate with thestirrups respectively to clamp the rope to prevent its being drawn inone direction through the stirrups, but which permit the rope to bedrawn through the stirrups in the opposite direction, the rope betweenthe plates and the stirrups forming two loops for respectively engagingthe hind legs of the animal.

4-. In an animal throwing device, a throwing rope adapted to extendacross and be supported by the back of an animal, two members supportedby and through which the rope is adjustable lengthwise, a breastembracing device secured to said members, two levers pivotally supportedat one set of ends by said two members respectively, and two stirrupswith which the rope has a running connection and between which and saidtwo.members the rope forms two loops for respectively engaging the hindlegs of the animal, said two stirrups being pivotally supported by saidlevers respectively at points between the ends of the levers, the freeends of the levers cooperating with said stirrups respectively to clampthe rope to prevent its being withdrawn in one direction through saidstirrups, but which permits it to be drawn in the opposite direction torespectively shorten said loops.

5. In an animal throwing device, a throwing rope, a saddle supportingthe rope and through'which the rope is adjustable lengthwise, twomembers supported by the rope at opposite ends of the saddle and throughwhich the rope is adjust-able, a breast embracing device secured to saidmembers, and two clamping devices respectively supported" by saidmembers, the rope having a running connection with said clamping devicesand forming between the clamping devices and said members two loops forrespectively engaging the hind legs of an animal, each clamping devicehaving means for clamping the rope to prevent the rope being drawn inone direction therethrough, but which permits the rope being drawn inthe opposite direction to shorten the adjacent loop.

6. In an animal throwing device, athrowing rope, a saddle supporting therope and through which the rope is adjustable lengthwise, two plateswhich in the operative position are vertically disposed, each platehaving two transverse holes through which the rope extends, the platesbeing located atopposite ends of the saddle, a breast embracing devicesecured to said plates, and two clamping devices with which the rope hasa running connection, the rope forming between said plates and saidclamping devices two loops for respectively engaging the hind legs of ananimal, each clamping device having means for clamping the rope toprevent the rope being drawn therethrough in one direction, but whichpermits the rope being drawn in the opposite direction for shorteningthe adjacent loop.

7. In an animal throwing device, a throwing rope, a saddle supportingthe rope and through which the rope is adjustable lengthwise, twomembers supported by the rope at opposite ends of the saddle and throughwhich the rope is adjustable, a breast embracing device secured to saidmembers, two levers pivoted at one set of ends to said members, and twostirrups with which the rope has a running connection and between whichand the two members the rope forms two loops for respectively engagingthe hind legs of an animal, the two stirrups being pivotally supportedby said levers respectively at points between the ends of the levers,the free ends of the levers cooperating respectively with said stirrupsto clamp the rope to prevent its being drawn in one direction throughthe stirrups, but which permits its being drawn in the oppositedirection therethrough for shortening said loops.

8. In an animal throwing device, a throwing rope, a saddle supportingthe rope and through which the rope is adjustable lengthwise, twomembers supported by the rope at opposite ends of the saddle and throughwhich the rope is adjustable lengthwise, a breast embracing devicedetachably secured to said members, two levers pivotally supported atone set of ends by said members, and two stirrups with which the ropehas a running connection and between which and said members the ropeforms two loops for respectively engaging the hind legs of an animal,the stirrups being pivotally supported by the levers at points betweenthe ends thereof, the free ends of the levers cooperating with thestirrups respectively to clamp the rope to prevent its being drawn inone direction through the stirrups, but which permits it being drawntherethrough in the opposite direction to shorten said loops.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification inpresence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES B. HALSTEAD.

Witnesses:

E. 13. House, FLORENCE M. VENDIG.

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